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I have a new and specific enemy--that stupid banner ad that suddenly shouts, "Wanna video chat with me?" Thankfully, it no longer makes me leap out of my seat and scream with fear, but it still irritates me, especially that imperative male voice at the end that says, "Click here NOW!" I'll click YOU, buddy. You'll THINK "click." Hah! Also, if you actually LOOK at the stupid ad (don't click on it, just look at it), it says, "You GOTTA love this... I'll be here all day just hanging out!" What? Don't you have something BETTER to do? GAH! GO AWAY! And stop talking while I'm trying to listen to music! *beets*
Also, my childhood is being usurped. I have excellent childhood memories of such 80's cartoons as Thundercats, Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, He-Man (to a small degree), and so on. Well, folks...they're back. I was in Target last night, and I saw He-Man figures. Unfortunately, they don't look as cool as they did when I was a kid, and I doubt you can take off their heads and arms and legs and switch 'em around. (We had endless fun doing that when I was little. "Skeletor, why are you wearing my pants?") Also, their heads are too small. Remember when He-Man and Skeletor had those comically large heads? Hee hee!
But worse than He-Man's makeover was Strawberry Shortcake. You girls out there (and maybe some of you guys) remember Strawberry Shortcake, right? Okay, so the coolest character out of the bunch was probably the Peculiar Purple Pieman (of Porcupine Peak! Ya-ta-TA-ta-ta-ta, ta-TA-ta-TA! CHAAAA!), but still. You remember how Strawberry Shortcake had that huge hat that looked like she was wearing a mega-muffin on her head, and she smelled like "strawberries." You remember that, right? Well, Strawberry Shortcake is different now. She's got this little pink straw boater (NO!) hat now, and her cat is FLUFFY. Gah! Custard is NOT fluffy! Custard is little and pudgy and short-haired and pink, with white polka-dots! Oh, and the original Custard kinda smelled like peanut butter. I'm not sure why, but I really remember that. But then, it HAS been a long time. Maybe the original Custard died of old age. He was a cat, after all. *sniffle*
Okay, I've probably just proved how pathetic I am by bringing up all this stuff. "Why is she stressing over this?" you may very well ask. Well, I'm not really stressing...I'm just kinda disappointed. I was talking to Alex about it yesterday (he was with me, of course), and we figure that the American cartoon industry has run out of ideas, so they're recycling/redoing old ones. Alex also brought up the point that many people of our generation (the generation that watched and enjoyed these cartoons) are grown up and have children of their own. If these children watch the same cartoons that our generation watched when WE were children, this could provide a connection between the generations--a love in common, if you will. My sentiment is still the same: Leave my childhood ALONE, spammit! Oh, and get some creativity! We need more good cartoons on TV!
Now, granted, I haven't watched Saturday morning cartoons in a LONG time. We don't get the channels, and I don't get up early enough. Could somebody tell me what's on now? Besides Spongebob. I think I dislike Spongebob. He scares me. I like Powerpuff Girls, though. No, I'm NOT pathetic! I just like cartoons! ;_;
In other news, I've been doing a lot of sketching lately. I think the creativity is good for me. I haven't really stretched that part of me in a while...and I find that drawing and writing are great de-stressers. Watch this space for sketches soon! WAI!
Well, must scoot. Chores today. Will update later. Toodles!
Also, my childhood is being usurped. I have excellent childhood memories of such 80's cartoons as Thundercats, Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, He-Man (to a small degree), and so on. Well, folks...they're back. I was in Target last night, and I saw He-Man figures. Unfortunately, they don't look as cool as they did when I was a kid, and I doubt you can take off their heads and arms and legs and switch 'em around. (We had endless fun doing that when I was little. "Skeletor, why are you wearing my pants?") Also, their heads are too small. Remember when He-Man and Skeletor had those comically large heads? Hee hee!
But worse than He-Man's makeover was Strawberry Shortcake. You girls out there (and maybe some of you guys) remember Strawberry Shortcake, right? Okay, so the coolest character out of the bunch was probably the Peculiar Purple Pieman (of Porcupine Peak! Ya-ta-TA-ta-ta-ta, ta-TA-ta-TA! CHAAAA!), but still. You remember how Strawberry Shortcake had that huge hat that looked like she was wearing a mega-muffin on her head, and she smelled like "strawberries." You remember that, right? Well, Strawberry Shortcake is different now. She's got this little pink straw boater (NO!) hat now, and her cat is FLUFFY. Gah! Custard is NOT fluffy! Custard is little and pudgy and short-haired and pink, with white polka-dots! Oh, and the original Custard kinda smelled like peanut butter. I'm not sure why, but I really remember that. But then, it HAS been a long time. Maybe the original Custard died of old age. He was a cat, after all. *sniffle*
Okay, I've probably just proved how pathetic I am by bringing up all this stuff. "Why is she stressing over this?" you may very well ask. Well, I'm not really stressing...I'm just kinda disappointed. I was talking to Alex about it yesterday (he was with me, of course), and we figure that the American cartoon industry has run out of ideas, so they're recycling/redoing old ones. Alex also brought up the point that many people of our generation (the generation that watched and enjoyed these cartoons) are grown up and have children of their own. If these children watch the same cartoons that our generation watched when WE were children, this could provide a connection between the generations--a love in common, if you will. My sentiment is still the same: Leave my childhood ALONE, spammit! Oh, and get some creativity! We need more good cartoons on TV!
Now, granted, I haven't watched Saturday morning cartoons in a LONG time. We don't get the channels, and I don't get up early enough. Could somebody tell me what's on now? Besides Spongebob. I think I dislike Spongebob. He scares me. I like Powerpuff Girls, though. No, I'm NOT pathetic! I just like cartoons! ;_;
In other news, I've been doing a lot of sketching lately. I think the creativity is good for me. I haven't really stretched that part of me in a while...and I find that drawing and writing are great de-stressers. Watch this space for sketches soon! WAI!
Well, must scoot. Chores today. Will update later. Toodles!
